The suction machine at the hospital is lying dysfunctional while a vital HIV kit required for surgery is also unavailable at the hospital.

“There are strict instructions from the hospital’s administration to not prescribe any medicine from outside. But essential medicines are not available in the hospital half of the time.

"What are we supposed to do then? By the time the patient’s attendant manages to get the medicine, the patient might die,” said another doctor.

The hospital’s Out Patient Department (OPD) witnesses a footfall of 4,000-6,000 patients on a daily basis and the hospital, located in East Delhi’s Shahdara area, caters to the needs of a large population residing in the area.

The issue was raised by the hospital’s Residents’ Doctor Association (RDA) with the hospital authorities and a letter was written to the medical superintendent on January 19 in which the doctors had shared their concern.

A letter has also been written to the health secretary of Delhi regarding the condition of the hospital facilities.

The medical superintendent of the hospital had a meeting with the doctors which did not reach to a time-bound solution.

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“We did not receive any substantial reply on the queries raised by us. We are forced to give sub-standard treatment to the patients. Who will be held responsible if any patient dies?” said another doctor.

“We have a list of essential drugs which we keep purchasing according to the need of the patients.

"The procurement list of the medicines is too long but we try to manage the situation so that there is nothing to worry.

"Some of the equipment might be in short supply but we keep procuring them from time to time,” said Dr B.K. Jain, medical superintendent, GTB hospital.

However, a high-level meeting was held at the health department regarding the preparedness of the designated government hospitals for H1N1 virus.

As many as 32 cases of H1N1 virus were confirmed on Friday taking the total number of confirmed cases in January so far to 391.